HAVING claimed six prized scalps already this summer, in-form local hopes Bernard Tomic and Lleyton Hewitt are the unseeded players to avoid at the Australian Open draw tomorrow.

Every player in the men's draw, including world No.1 and two-time defending champion Novak Djokovic, will be looking to steer clear of the resurgent Australian pair as they threaten to cause some early-round damage once again at Melbourne Park.

Tomic has made a mockery of his No.64 ranking over the past fortnight, taking down four of the Open's top 32 seeds during his hot summer run - Djokovic (1), Tommy Haas (20) and Andreas Seppi (22) at the Hopman Cup in Perth and Florian Mayer (26) in Sydney.

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